CURRICULUM VITAE
FATIMA SADIQI
Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies
Founder, Center for Studies and Research on Women, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez
Founder, Gender Studies Program, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez
Founder & Director, Isis Center for Women and Development
Founder & Director, International Institute for Languages and Cultures, Fez
Tel: (202) 914 3050 853
Email: [email protected] [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D.Linguistics, 1982, Essex University, Great Britain.
M.A.Linguistics, 1980. Essex University, Great Britain.
DiplomaTeaching Methodology, 1977, EcoleNormaleSupérieure, Morocco.
B.A.English Language and Literature. 1976, with honors, Mohamed VUniversity,Morocco
SPECIALIZATIONS AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Transnational feminisms, African feminisms, Gender Studies and Women’s Studies and Feminisms in the Middle East and North Africa, women’s education, globalization and social change.
1 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS
September 1986 - Present. Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies,Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
May 1997 – Present. Founding Director, Centre for Studies and Research on Women. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
September 2000-Present. Founding Director, Graduate Program “Gender Studies”, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez. This program has now developed into a Master and Doctoral Programs of Women’s and Gender Studies.
September 2003-Present. Elected Member, Scientific Committee of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez. The first woman to hold this position at this university.
September 2006 – Present. Member, Faculty Council, Faculty of Letters Saiss, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.The first woman to hold this position in this faculty.
January 2006-Present. Member of the administrative board, Royal Institute of Amazigh (Berber) Culture (IRCAM), a research-based institute.
June 2006-Present: Director, Isis Center for Women and Development. Independent NGO whose main objective is to bridge the gap between academe and civil society.
February 2011 – Present. Director of Academic Affairs, International Institute for Languages and Cultures, Fez.
January 2010 - Present. President, National Union of Feminine Associations. A Transnational independent NGO.
Since 1998– Present.Editor-in-Chief of the Languages and Linguistics International Journal
OTHER PRODESSIONAL POSITIONS
September 2015-June 2016: Woodrow Wilson Fellow (Washington DC).
2 September 2016-December 2016: Visiting Professor in Gender Studies, University of Zurich and University of Basel, Switzerland (in negotiation)
November 2015-Present: UNESCO Selected Expert: . UNESCO SELECTED Expert and public Speaker: http://en.unesco.org/who-s-who- women-speakers/women-experts?language=en
PUBLICATIONS
SINGLE-AUTHORED BOOKS
Daesh Ideology and Women’s Legal Rights in the Maghrib. (to appear in 2017. University of Columbia Press).
Moroccan Feminist Discourses.New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2014.
Women, Gender, and Language in Morocco.Brill Academic Publishers, 2003.(Second printing 2009).Largely acclaimed as the first international book on Language and Gender in the MENA region. Reviewed for various international and refereed journals such as Gender and language, International Sociology, Journal of Pragmatics, and International Journal of Middle East Studies.
Images of Women in Abdullah Bashrahil’s Poetry. Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, Beirut, 2004.
Grammaire du Berbère.Paris: L’Harmattan, 1997.(First grammar of its kind by a native speaker of the language.)
Studies in Berber Syntax. Germany: Königshaussen and Neumann, 1986.
CO-AUTHORED BOOKS
Migration and Gender in Morocco (with Moha Ennaji).Trenton: Red Sea Press, 2008.
A Grammar of Berber (with Moha Ennaji).Mohammédia: ImprimerieFédala, 2004.
Manual For Teaching Berber (with Moha Ennaji). Casablanca: Foundation BMCE, 2004.
Applications of Modern Linguistics (with Moha Ennaji). Casablanca: Afrique Orient, 1994.
3 Introduction to Modern Linguistics (with Moha Ennaji).Casablanca: Afrique Orient, 1992.First textbook of linguistics by authors from the MENA region.
EDITED AND CO-EDITED BOOKS
Women and Extremism in Morocco. 2016. Fez: Zivik and INLAC Publications.
The Escalation of Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls in the MENA Region. 2016. Rabat: Konrad Publications.
Women’s Movements in the Post-“Arab Spring” North AfricaEditor.2016. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Morrocan Feminisms. 2016.Co-editor with Moha Ennaji and Karen Vintges.(Trenton: Red Sea Press).
Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean. Editor (London: Routledge, 2013).
Des Femmes Ecrivent L’Afrique. Co-editor with Amira Nowaira, Azza El Khouly and Moh aEnnaji (Paris: Karthala, 2013).
Femmes et Médias dans la Région Méditerranéenne. Editor (Fez: Imprimerie Imagerie Pub Neon, 2012).
Gender and Violence in the Middle East. Co-editor withMoha Ennaji, and Contributor (London, Routledge, 2011).
Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Agents of Change. Co-editor with Moha Ennaji, and Contributor (London: Routledge, 2010).
Femmes Marginalisées et Insertion Sociale. Editor and Contributor (Fez: Imprimerie Pub Neon, 2010).
Women Writing Africa. The Northern Region. Co-editor with Amira Nouaira, Azza El Khouly, Moha Ennaji, and Contributor (New York: The Feminist Press, 2009). The French version of this anthology was published by Karthala (Paris) in 2013.
Femmes et Education dans la Région Méditerranéenne. Co-editor with Moha Ennaji, and Contributor (Fez: Imprimerie Sipama, 2007).
Women’s Activism and the Public Sphere: Local/Global Linkages. Special Issue. Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies. Co-editor with Valentine Moghaddam, and Contributor, vol. 2, no 2.(Spring2006).
4 Femmes Méditerranéennes et Leurs Droits. Editor and Contributor (Mohammédia :Imprimerie Fédala, 2006).
Femmes et Développement. Editor and Contributor (Rabat : Publications of Tarik Ibn Zyad, 2006).
Femmes Méditerranéennes. Editor and Contributor (Mohammédia : Imprimerie Fédala, 2004).
Language and Gender in the Arab World. Special Issue. Languages and Linguistics. Co-Editor with Margot Badran and Linda Rachidi, and Contributor (Mohammédia: Imprimerie Fédala, 2002).
Language Studies. Special Issue. Languages and Linguistics.Editor and Contributor (Mohammédia: Imprimerie Fédala, 2002).
Feminist Movements: Origins and Orientations. Editor and Contributor (Fez: Publications de l’Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez, 2000).
Linguistic Aspects. Special Issue.Languages and Linguistics.Editor and Contributor (Mohammédia: ImprimerieFédala, 1999).
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS (* denotes refereed)
*”Women’s Role in the Arabic Sciences of Language (Arabic linguistics)” (Forthcoming in 2017.The Encyclopedia of Language. Oxford University Press.
*”A Genesis of Gender and Women’s Studies in Morocco” (2016).In Rita Stephan, and Mounira Charrad (Eds.) 2016.Women Rising. New York : New York University Press.
*”The Moroccan Feminist Movement (1946-2014) (2016).In Balghis Badri & Aili Tripp. (eds) 2016. Women Mobilizing in Contemporary Africa. London: Zed Press.
*”Emerging Amazigh Feminist Nongovernmental NGOs” Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies. 2016. 12(1): 122-125.
*”Feminization of Authority in Morocco” (2015). In Gender, Power, Democracy, edited by Mino Vianello and Mary Hawkesworth. 2014. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
*”Women’s Organizing in Morocco in Light of A Post-Arab Spring Moment and an Islamist Government” (2015). In Zeina Zaatari (ed.) Encyclopedia of Women
5 and Islamic Cultures. Supplement XI. Political-Social Movements: Community Based. Leiden : Brill Academic Publishers.
*”The Center: A New Post-Arab Spring Space for Women’s Rights” (2016).In Women’s Movements in the Post-“Arab Spring” North Africa. Edited by Fatima Sadiqi. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
*“The Marginalization of Moroccan Women in Society and the Media” (2015).In Ennaji, M. ed. Minorities and Women in North Africa. Trenton: The Red Sea Press).
*“Berber and Language Politics in the Moroccan Educational System” (2014), in Moha Ennaji (ed) Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa. London: Routledge.
*“The Potential Within: Progressive Ijtihad in the Practice Moroccan Judges’ Adjucations on Shiqaq (discord) Divorce” (2013), in Elisa Ada Giunchi (ed) Adjucating Family Law in Muslim Courts. London: Routledge.
*”Women and Islam in Morocco” (2013), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women. Oxford University Press.
*“Women’s NGOs and the Struggle for Democracy in Morocco” (2013), in Galia Golan and Walid Salem (eds) Non-State Actors in the Middle East. Factors for Peace and Democracy. London: Routledge.
2011-2012
*“Oral Knowledge in Berber Women’s Expressions of the Sacred” (2012). Karl, P. Rath, Sura P. And Wangugi; M. Journal of Contemporary Thought. Global South Cultural Dialogue Project. Denton: Forum on Contemporary Theory and Louisiana State University.
*”Women’s Activism and the New Family Code Reforms in Morocco” (with Moha Ennaji).The IUP Journal of History and Culture. Volume Vol. VI No 1 (Hyderabad: The Icfai University Press. January 2012).
*“Domestic Violence in the African North.”In Al-Raida. A quarterly journal published by the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW). December 2011.
*“The Teaching of Amazigh (Berber) in Morocco.”Pp. 33-44 in Joshua Fishman and Ofelia Garcia (eds), Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity, Volume 2: The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).
6 *“Women and the Violence of Stereotypes.”Pp. in Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi (eds.), Gender and Violence in the Middle East (London, Routledge, 2011).
2006 - 2011
“Domestic Violence in Morocco”, The NIEW Journal. The Voice of the NAM Woman, vol. 2 (December 2010): 137-142.
*“Domestic Violence in the African North.”In Jane Benett, ed. Rethinking Gender and Violence. Feminist Africa14, (2010): 49-62. www.feministafrica.org
”Morocco.” Pp. 311-336 in Sanja Kelly and Julia Breslin (eds), Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa (Washington DC: The Freedom House Publications, 2010). http://freedomhouse.org/uploads/specialreports/womensrights/2010/womensri ghts2010.pdf
“Women, Islam, and Political Agency in Morocco.”Pp. 36 – 47 in Fatima Sadiqi & Moha Ennaji Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Agents of Change. (London, Routledge, 2010).
*“Language, Religion and Power in Morocco.”Pp. 259-275 in Hanna Herzog and Ann Braude (eds), Untangling Modernities: Gendering Religion and Politics (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
“Les Racines Culturelle du Féminisme Marocain.” Pp. 84-91 in Abdelhadi Tazi (ed), Le Maroc au Féminin. (Casablanca: Fondation Douze Siècles de la Vie d’un Royaume, 2009).
*“Facing Challenges and Pioneering Feminist and Gender Studies: Women in Post-colonial and Today’s Maghrib”, Journal of African and Asian Studies, vol. 7, no. 4 (2008): 447-470.
*“The Central Role of the Family Law in the Moroccan Feminist Movement”, in The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies vol. 35, no. 3 (December 2008): 325-337. This article has been published as a book chapter (in both Spanish and English) in Graciela Di Marco and Constanza Tabbush (eds), Feminisms, Democratization, and Radical Democracy (Buenos Aires: 2011: 117-133).
*“Language and Gender in Moroccan urban Areas”, The International Journal of the Sociology of Languageno.190(2008): 145-165.
*“Morocco: Language, Nationalism, and Gender.”(with Moha Ennaji). Pp. 44-60 in Andrew Simpson (ed), Language and National Identity in Africa(London: Oxford University Press, 2008).
7 “Gender Perception in Moroccan Culture.” Pp. 165-189 in Abdelhak Azzouzi (ed), Cultural and Civilisational Realities (Paris: L’Harmattan 2008).
“The Dynamics of Women and Language in Modern Morocco.”(In Arabic). Pp. 327-357 in Language, Culture and Development: Challenges of Modern Morocco (in Arabic) (Publications of the Faculty of Letters, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2008).
“The Role of Moroccan Women in Preserving Amazigh Languages and Culture.”Pp. 25-40 in Gender Perspectives on Cultural Heritageand Museums.MUSEUM International N°236. Paris: UNESCO Publications. December 12, 2007. This article was translated into French and published in Moha Ennaji (ed), La Culture Populaire et les Défis de la Mondialisation. Une Perspective Maghrébine (Publications de L’Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2008: 101-116). http://portal.unesco.org/culture/fr/ev.php- URL_ID=35883&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
*”The Gendered Use of Arabic and Other Languages in Morocco.”Pp. 277-299 in Elabbas Benmamoun (ed), Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIX (Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publication Company, 2007).
“Language and Gender in Morocco.” in Journal of the African Language Teachers Association vol. 9 (Spring 2007): 113-142.
“Femmes Marocaines et Langue Amazighe.” Pp. 67-77 in Moha Ennaji (ed) La Culture Amazighe et le Développement Humain. En Hommage a L’Honorable Docteur Leila Mezian Benjelloun (Publications de L’Association Fez-Saiss, 2007).
*“The Impact of Islamization on Moroccan Feminisms”, Signs. Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 32, no. 1 (Autumn 2006): 32-40.
*“The Feminization of Public Space: Women’s Activism, the Family Law, and Social Change in Morocco (with Moha Ennaji), in Valentine Moghadam and Fatima Sadiqi, eds., Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, Special Issue. vol. 2, no 2 (Spring 2006): 86-110.
“A Feminist View of the Architecture of the Medina of Fez.”Pp. 221-225 in Petra Bos and Wantje Fritschy (eds) Morocco and the Netherlands (Amsterdam: VU University Press, 2006).
”Femmes et Langue Amazighe au Maroc”. Pp. 52-71 in Amazighs Aujourd’hui: Culture Berbère (Barcelona : Publications de IEMED, 2006).
“Stereotypes and Women in Morocco.”Pp. 75-95 in Fouzia Ghissassi (ed) Stéréotypie, Images et Représentations des Femmes en Milieu Rural et Urbain (Kénitra : Publications de la Chaire de l’UNESCO, 2006).This article has been
8 translated into Spanish and published in Fatima Harrak and Oumama Aouad (eds), CadernosPagu. Revista Semestral do Nucleo de Estudos de Genero – Pagu (Universidade Estadual de Campinas. January, 2008 : 11-32).
“The Women-Language Dynamics in Modern Morocco” (in Arabic). Pp. 327-330 in Language, Culture and Development (Fez: Publications de la Faculté des Lettres, 2006).
“Morocan Women and Politics”. Pp. 59-80 in Fatima Sadiqi (ed) Femmes Méditerranéennes et Leurs Droits (Mohammédia : Imprimerie Fédala, 2006).
“Les Formes Réciproques en Amazighe.” Pp. 112-119 in Meftaha Ameur and Abdallah Boumalk Structures Morphologiques de L’Amazighe (Publications de L’Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2006).
2000 – 2005
“Women and Armed Resistance in Colonized Morocco during the Period 1930- 1956.” (in Arabic). Pp. 89-96 in Jouhara Filali Baba (ed) Armed Resistance in Colonized Morocco(Fez: Sipama, 2005).
“La dona, factor de tradició i modernitat. Conservació cultural, artesanat, associacionisme.” Pp. 20-30 in SimposiInternacional ElsAmazics Avui, La Cultura Bereber (Barcelona, June, 2005). http://www.xtec.es/lic/intro/imatges/informa/Simposi%20Amazics.pdf
“Popular Folktales in Berber.”(In Arabic). Pp. 194-216 in The Popular Folktales in the Moroccan Cultural Heritage (Publications of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco: 2005).
“The Impact of Male Migration from Morocco to Europe on Women: A Gender Approach.” (With Moha Ennaji) in Maria Lucinda Fonsesca, ed, Migration in the Mediterranean Basin: Bridges and Margins, vol. XXXIX, no. 77 (2004): 59-76.
*”Femmes Musulmanes et Droits Humains.” In Jacques Ch. Lemaire and Chemsi Cheref-Khan(eds), L’Europe:Une Chance pour la Femme Musulmane? La Pensée et les Hommes(Brussels, La Pensée et les Hommes, 2004: 83-90). “ ”La Standardisation des Structures Grammaticales des Phrases Complexes en Amazighe.” Pp. 185-197 in Meftaha Ameur and Abdallah Boumalk (eds), Standardisation de L’Amazighe (Rabat: Publications de l’Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2004).
“Language and Gender: The Berber Case.” Pp. 34-39 in Amazigh Days at Al Akhawayn University: Paving the Way for Tifinagh. Proceedings of the conference jointly organized with the Institut de la Culture Amazighe (IRCAM) (Ifrane, Morocco, 2004).
9 *“Women and Linguistic Space in Morocco”, Women and Language, vol. XXVI, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 35-43.
“Grammatical Gender: Male and Female Attitude to Arabic as a Religious Language.” (In Arabic). Pp. 135-145 in Abderrahim Youssi, Mohamed Dahbi, Lahcen Haddad (eds) De La Personalité Marocaine (Rabat, Association Marocaine du Patrimoine Linguistique, 2003).
*“The Language of Introductions in the City of Fez, Morocco: The Gender- Identity Interaction.”Pp. 116-132 in Aleya Rouchdy (ed) Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic (London: Oxford University Press, 2002).
*”The Syntax of Small Clauses in Moroccan Arabic.” Pp. 143-153 in Dilworth B. Parkinson and Elabbas Benmamoun (eds), Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIII-XIV. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002).
“The Gender Issue in the Moroccan University Context: A New Challenge for Higher Education Curriculum Designers.”In Maknasat, Revue de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, no. 14 (2002): 55-65.
“La Dynamique du Berbère: Situation Actuelle et Perspectives d’Avenir.” In Languages and Linguistics, vol.8 (Spring 2001) : 21-41.
“The Role of Foreign Languages in Scientific Research in Morocco”, Revue de la Faculté.Publications of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Fès, 2001): 61- 81.
“Aspects of Moroccan Feminism.”Pp. 56-71 in Fatima Sadiqi (ed) Feminist Movements: Origins and Orientations (Fez: Publications de l’UniversitéSidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès2000).
“Syntactic Theory and Linguistic Variation”, Revue de la Faculté. Publications de l’Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah (Fez, 2000): 114-136.
“Issues in Berber Cliticization.” Pp. 119-148 in Moha Ennaji (ed), Linguistic Variation: From Facts to Theories (Fez, Sipama, 2000)
1990-1999
“The Syntax of Small Clauses in Berber.”In Actes du 1er Congrès Chamito- Sémitique de Fès(Fez : Publications de l’Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes, 1999 : 74-97).
“Negation, Tense and the Licensing of N-Words in Standard Arabic” (with Moha Ennaji), Languages and Linguistics vol. 4 (1999) : 19-43.
10 “The Syntactic Nature and Position of Object Clitics in Berber.”Languages and Linguistics, vol. 4 (Spring 1998): 25-47.
“The Syntax of Empty Categories in Standard Arabic.” Pp. 57-88 in Moha Ennaji (ed), Linguistics and English Literature in Maghrebi Universities: Facts and Prospects (Fez: 1998).
“The Language/Culture Interface in the Teaching of English in Morocco.” Pp. 63- 96 in Hassan El Boustani, Mohamed Hassim, Susan Thornhill (eds), Issues in English Teaching Materials. Proceedings of the 18th MATE Annual Conference Held in Honor of Professor Mohamed Abu-Talib (Publications of MATE, 1998).
“The Syntax of Small Clauses in Berber.A Minimalist Approach.” Pp. 153-176 in Mohamed El Medlaoui, Said Gafaiti, Fouad Saa (eds), Actes du Premier Congrès Chamito-Sémitique de Fès (Publications de la Faculté des Lettres Saiss, 1998).
*“The Place of Berber in Morocco”, International Journal of the Sociology of Language vol.123. (1997): 7-21.
“The Image of Moroccan Women in Public Spheres.”Pp. 47-61 in Tayeb Belghazi (ed) The Idea of the University (Rabat: Publications de l’Université Mohamed V, 1997).
“Linguistic Research and Culture”, in Cultural Studies, Interdisciplinarity, and the University vol 3 (Rabat: 1997) : 115-139.
“Local Dependencies: Operator-Bound Agreement in Berber”. Pp. 99-121 in Voisinage. Mélanges en Hommage à la Mémoire de Kaddour Cadi (Publications de Publications de l’Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès, 1997).
“The Need for the Discipline of ‘Language and Gender’ in Morocco : a Multilingual and Multicultural Country.” Pp. 31-56 in Fouzia Ghissassi (ed) Le Discours sur la Femme (Publications de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Rabat, 1997).
“A Cross-Cultural Approach to the Teaching and Learning of English in Moroccan Universities.”Pp. 82-90 in American Studies in North African Universities (Rabat: Imprimerie El Jadida, 1996).
*“The Language of Women in the City of Fès, Morocco”, International Journal of the Sociology of Language vol. 112.(1995): 63-79.
“The Infl/Comp Interaction in Some Null Subject Languages”. In Studies in Linguistics. Revue de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines vol. 11 (1995): 65-89.
11 “A Linguistic Approach to the Teaching of Writing at the University Level.”In Issues in English Language Teaching: Towards a Better Coordination Between High School and University. Revue de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines vol. 10 (1994): 73-95.
“Discourse Analysis and the Teaching/Learning of Morphology and Syntax at the University Level.” Pp. 109-129 in English Language Teaching in the Maghreb: Focus on the Learner (Publications of the Moroccan Association of the Teachers of English (MATE), 1993).
“An Evaluation of the Linguistic Courses at the Moroccan University Level: The Case of the Department of English, Fez.” Pp. 49-69 in Jilali Saib (ed), English Language Teaching in the Maghreb: Current Issues in Evaluation (Oujda, Publications of the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English, 1992).
“The Spread of English in Morocco.”International Journal of the Sociology of Languagevol.87.(1991): 99-114.
“On the notion of Comp in Berber.”Pp.329-343 in LinguistiqueAu Maghreb (Rabat: Okad, 1990).
“Language and Mind”, Linguistica Communicatio vol. 1 no 1. (Spring 1990): 201- 225).
“The Relevance of Discourse Analysis to the Teaching of Writing.” Pp. 163-187 in English Language Teaching: The Maghrebi Experience (Publications of the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English (MATE), 1990).
1986-1989
“La Phrase Relative en Berbère”. In Maknasat. Revue de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, no. 3 (1989): 16-27.
“English as a Window on New Inter-disciplinary Research at the University.” 65- 86 in English Language Teaching in Morocco: Directions for the Nineties (Publications of the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English (MATE), 1989).
“Reflections on Austin’s Locutionary and Illocutionary Concepts”. In Langues et Littératures, Publications de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humanities, vol. vi-vii (1987-1988): 48-68.
*“Raising in Berber” Studies in African Linguistics, vol. 17, no 3 (December 1986): 219-248.
*“The Syntax of Cleft Sentences in Berber” (with Moha Ennaji), Studies in Language vol. 10, no. 1 (1986): 53-77.
12 “The Teaching and Learning of Composition”, Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Morocco. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference of the Moroccan Association of Teachers of English March (1986): 55-63.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
“Gender in Arabic”. In Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006).
“Theories of Development of Language.” In Encyclopedia of World Women History, 2006.
“Morocco: Language Situation”. In Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2005.
“Political-Social Movements. Revolutionary: the Maghrib”. In Encyclopedia of Women and Islam (Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2004).
“Women’s Movements in the Maghreb.” In Margaret A. Majumdar (ed)The Essential Glossary. Francophone Studies (London: Arnold, 2002).
“Orality in Moroccan Culture.” In Margaret A. Majumdar (ed) The Essential Glossary. Francophone Studies (London: Arnold, 2002).
POLICY PAPERS
-”Why Is The Idea of Female Western Jihadists A Mystery?” 2015. In Viewpoints. The Wilson Center.
-”Morocco’s Emerging Democracy: The 2015 Local and Regional Elections.”In Viewpoints. The Wilson Center.
BOOK REVIEWS/TRANSLATIONS
-“Gendering Political Agency in the Maghreb”. Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies (2016). 12(1): 88-92. -“Political Women in Morocco. Then and Now”. The Red Sea Press. 2013.
Zahia Smail Salhi (ed). Gender and Violence in Islamic Societies: Patriarchy, Islamism and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa. London: IBTauris, 2013.
13 Moroccan Women, Activists, and Gender Politics. Fatima Sadiqi (2015) Eve Sandberg and Kenza Aqertit In International Feminist Journal of Politics, 17:4, 689-691. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2015.1082862
Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East. Investigating Technology, Gender and Empowerment. Edited by Ineke Buskens and Ann Webb (London: Zed Books. 2009).
Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber Identity, by Cynthia J. Becker. Reviewed for the International Journal for African Historical Studies, Vol. 41 (3), (2008)pp. 585-8 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7573/is_200809/ai_n32305853/
Women in the Ottoman Empire. Middle Eastern Women in the Early Modern Era, by Madeline C. Zilfi (ed). Reviewed for The Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (Amman, Jordan, 2000).
The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt, by Jane Hathaway (author). Reviewed for The Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (Amman, Jordan, 2000).
Dialogue of Civilizations by Mani Said Al-Utayba (translator from Arabic into English with Moha Ennaji). Trenton: Red Sea Press, 2008.
COURSES TAUGHT (main graduate and undergraduate courses)
“Women in Global Perspective” at the Department of Ethnic and Women’s Studies, State University of California at Pomona (2013-14).
“The History of North Africa” at the History Department, State University of California at Pomona (2013-14).
“Women, language, and Society in North Africa”, at Harvard Divinity School, University of Harvard (2006-7).
“Gender, Family and Relationship between Generations”. Master in Advanced Studies in Intercultural Communication. Facolta di Scienze della Comunicazione. Universita della Svizerra Italiana (2007-8).
“Gender in Moroccan Society” (Darmouth College) since 2005, American Language Center, Fez.
“Gender in Moroccan Society” (Lewis & Clark College, Portland) since 2011.International Institute for Languages and Cultures, Fez.
14 ”Women and the Use of French in the Maghreb.” Fulbright Hays (Summer 2004). http://www.mediterraneas.org/article.php3?id_article=329
“Arab-Islamic Feminisms” (2002-2006). Graduate course. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
“Theories of Feminism” (2000-2006). Graduate course. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
“Language and Gender” (1995-2005). Graduate course. Taught in the Language and Linguistics graduate unit which I initiated in 1995.Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
“The History of the Moroccan Military” (1988-1993). Undergraduate course.The Royal Military Academy. Meknès, Morocco.
“The Styles of Women Writers” (1988-1997). Undergraduate course. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
“Generative syntax” (1982-2005).Undergraduate course. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
“General Linguistics” (1982-1986). Undergraduate course. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
KEYNOTES/DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR LECTURES (partial list)
-“Women’s Political Agency in North Africa”. March 23, 2016. University of Montana. Missoula.
-“The Arab World in Motion”. Western Association of Women Historians. The Kellogg West Conference Center at Cal Poly Pomona. May 2014.
-“Women’s Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring”. University of Wisconsin- Madison. November 2012.
-“The Crisis of Patriarchy in the Digital Age: Women’s Rights and the Arab Spring.”EighthEuropean Feminist Research Conference. ATGENDER. The Politics of Location Revisited: Gender@2012. Budapest, Hungary on May 17-20, 2012, with May 20 as the Student’s Day.http://www.8thfeministconference.org/
-“Understanding Gender Roles in North Africa.”Crossing The Sahara and Back: African Feminisms in Dialogue. Second Annual African and African Diasporas Studies Program. Florida International University. November 18, 2011. http://casgroup.fiu.edu/africana/events.php?id=1312
15 -“New Perspectives in North African Feminisms.”Moroccan Voices : New Perspectives (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands InstituutMarokko (NIMAR), and the Gender Studies Program (Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez). Rabat, June 28, 2011. -“Research and Advocacy for Promoting Women’s Rights in North Africa”. Policy Advocates for Women’s Issues in the MENA Region. Vital Voices Global Partnership and MEPI. Amman, Jordan, February 22, 2011.
-“Theoretical Framework for Research on Gender/Women Issuesin the Maghrib and North Africa.”Mapping the Gender Equality: Research and practices - The national and International Perspectives. University of Cyprus, October 23, 2010. http://www.ucy.ac.cy/data/unesco/final%20BOOKLET.pdf
-“Native Culture in the Global Context: The Role of Women.”Global Citizenship for the 21st Century. Cal Poly Pomona (US).November 19, 2009. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/40688444/Global-Citizenship-for-the-21st- Century
-“The Centrality of Legal Rights in North African Feminist Movements.”The Social Research Center (SRC) at the American University in Cairo: Reforming Muslim Family Laws in the Middle East: The Question of Women’s Rights. Cairo, January 8, 2009.
-“Language and Gender in the Arab-Muslim World”. Igala 3 (International Gender and Language Association).Cornell University. June 5, 2004. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/Conferences/IGALA%20Confe rences.html
-“The Notion of Gender in the Southern Mediterranean Countries.”Gender in the Mediterranean: Emerging Discourses and Practices. Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, Cyprus, March 7, 2004. http://www.medinstgenderstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/final-conference- programme-march-2004.pdf
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ORGANIZED (selected events)
2015 “Women and the Escalation of Violence in the Middle East and North Africa”. Isis Center for Women and Development.The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English.Fez, May 29-June 30, 2015.
2013 “Women’s Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring.”Isis Center for Women and Development.The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English.Fez, June 21-23, 2013.
16 2011 “Addressing Gender and Politics North and South”. International conference. International Institute for Languages and Cultures and WEP (Nordic-Arab Network of Research on Women’s Empowerment, Gender and Politics – For Master Students, PhD Students and Postdoctoral Scholars).(To take place on October 31 - November 2, 2011. http://www.statsvet.su.se/forskning/wip/dokument/WEP-leaflet.pdf
“Women and the New Media in the Mediterranean Region”. International conference.Isis Center for Women and Development.The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English.Fez, June 24-26, 2011.
“Marginalized Women and Social Insertion”. International Conference. Isis Center for Women and Development.The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English.Fez, March 10-12, 2001.
“Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean Region”. International conference. Isis Center for Women and Development and Spirit of Fez Foundation. The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English. Fez,June25-27, 2009.
2008 “Transnational and Arab Feminisms”. Study Day. Isis Center for Women and Development and Spirit of Fez Foundation. The languages of the study day: Arabic, French and English. March 21, 2009. 2006-2007
“Family Laws in the Muslim World : Comparative Perspectives.” International conference.The Spirit of Fez Foundation and Johns Hopkins University.The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English.December 11-13, 2007.http://www.wluml.org/node/4199
“Teaching Gender: Curricular Developement“. International workshop. Gender Studies Unit (Fez) and the German-Arab University DialogueNetwork. Sana‘a and Aden, Yemen, July 2-13, 2007.
“Mediterranean Women and Human Development”. International conference. Isis Center for Women and Development and Fez-Saiss Association. The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English. Fez June 28-30, 2007.
2000-2005
“Mediterrranean Women and Their Rights”. International conference. Center for Studies and Research on Women, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez
17 and Fez-Saiss Association. The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English. Fez, April 28-30, 2005.
“Women’s Activism and the Public Sphere: Local/Global Linkages”. International Workshop. Sixth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting.The Mediterranean Program of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. Florence (Italy), March 16-20, 2005.
“Women and Education”. International conference. Center for Studies and Research on Women, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez. The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English. April 10-12, 2004.
“Mediterrranean Women”. International conference. Center for Studies and Research on Women, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez and Fez-Saiss Association. The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English. Fez, April 24-26, 2003.
“Women and Development”. International conference. Center for Studies and Research on Women, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez. The languages of the conference: Arabic, French and English. Fez, October 10-12, 2000.
1997-2001
-“Women and Development”. International conference. Center for Studies and Research on Women, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez. The languages of the conference were Arabic, French and English. October 10-12, 2001.
-“New Directions in Feminist Scholarship in the Middle East and North Africa ”. International Workshop. Second Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting.The Mediterranean Program of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. Florence (Italy), March 21-25, 2001.
-“Women in Science”. Regional conference. Center for Studies and Research on Women and Fez and the Municipality. March 21-23, 2000.
-“Feminist Movements: Origins and Orientations”. International conference. Center for Studies and Research on Women, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez. The languages of the conference were Arabic, French and English. May 13-15, 1999.
AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS
2965 Amazigh Women’s Award
2015-2016: The Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowship
18 2013-14: One year Fulbright-in-Residence Award - the State University of California at Pomona
2011: Rockfeller Residency Award (Bellagio)
2010: University of Fez Academic Excellence in Gender Studies Award
2010: Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer Award
2009: City of Fez Award of Excellence as Director of the Fez Festival of Sacred Music
2006-7: Harvard Fellowship
2006: Post-9/11 Direct Access to the Muslim World Grant
2006: Moroccan King's Nomination to the Administrative Board of the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture
2005: Post-Doc Fulbright Grant - University of Rutgers
2000: MEAwards Grant (to pursue projects on women the Middle East)
1999: Post-Doc Fulbright Grant - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1993: Military Academy of Meknes Award (Medal)
1991: Post-Doc Fulbright Grant - University of Washington at Seattle
1981-1982: Vice-Chancellors Award to pursue PhD (twice)
1971: High School Junior Chess Marathon Award (national competition)
PROFESSIONAL (INTER-) NATIONAL NETWORKS AND SERVICE
July 2016- Present: Selection Committee Member, The Rockfeller Foundation, New York.
March 2016 – Present: Member of the Advisory Board, Studi Magrebini, Universita Di Napoli, Italia.
January 2016 – Present: Member of the Advisory Board, International Journal of Communication, Culture and Translation. University Mohamed I, Oujda, Morocco.
19 June 2015-Present:Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of the Mediterranean Studies, Alakhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco.
July 2014-Present: Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, Duke University.
2015 – Present: Member of the Editorial Board. Kohl, A Journal for Body and GenderResearch. Beyrouth, Lebanon.
2014: Executive Board Member, World Summit of Women for Peace
2012– Present: Member of the Editorial Board, Al-Raida Pioneer Middle Eastern Women Studies Journal. Beyrouth, Lebanon
December 2011 – Present.Member of the Muslim Women’s Shura Council. American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) and Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE).
June 2011-Present. Fez Regional Coordinator, Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association.
June 2010 - Present.MENA Coordinator, Women’s Empowerment in Politics (WEP): Nordic-Arab Network of Research, created for Master Students, Ph.Dstudents and postdoctoral scholars. 10 Gender Studies graduates and post- doctoral researchers are actively involved in the network.
November 2010–Present.GenderExpert, iKnow Politics Network. A transnational network seeking to empower women’sactivism and political leadership.http://www.iknowpolitics.org/fr/node/12646
January 2010 – Present. Individual Partner, UNESCO Chair in Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, University of Cyprus. International Networking and Conference Organizing.http://www.catunescomujer.org/globalnetwork/chair-cyprus.html
January 2008 – Present. Co-founder and University of Fez Coordinator, Muslim Women in the Modern Worlds. Women and Islam: New Perspectives. Transnational university project :University of Amsterdam, University of Kröningen and Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez. One Moroccan Gender Studies student is now doing her Ph.D thesis within this project. http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_8FFBYZ
September 2007 - September 2009: Director General, Spirit of Fez Foundation which organizes the Fez Festival of Sacred Music. Main objectives: create and maintain dialogue between cultures through sacred music and intellectual encounters. http://www.espritdefes.com/fr/index.php
20 March 2006 - Present. Member, UN Council for Development Policy (E.C.O.S.S.O.C).
September 2003 – 2004.MENA Coordinator, Politics and Gender Transnational Research and Teaching Network, German-Arab University Dialogue. Four Gender Studies graduate from Fez were involved in this network.
November 2005-Present. Founding Member, SafetyNET, an international network whose main objective is to fight violence against girls and women globally. http://safetynet.squarespace.com/whoweare/
September 2005 – Present. University of Fez Coordinator, Gender and Women’s Studies Across Cultures International Consortium. Women’s Studies Center(Florida International University’s). This Consortium includes the following universities: Universidad de Granada (Spain),Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Fez, Morocco), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá), and FIU.http://casgroup.fiu.edu/wstudies/pages.php?id=970
September 2000-September2005. Director, PARS (Programme d’Appui à la Recherche Scientifique).http://www.usmba.ac.ma/recherche_pars.php
September 2005 – Present. Co-founder, Festival of Berber Culture (annual event).
Since 1983: Founding Member of GREL (Groupe de Recherches sur la Linguistique)
Since 1982: Member of GLOW (Generative Linguistics of the Old World)
CONSULTANCIES AND COLLABORATIONS
-“Ways of Promoting Productive Capacity, Employment and Decent Work to Eradicate Poverty North Africa.” This consultancy is being carried out in the context of inclusive, sustainable and equitable economic growth at all levels for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Contribution to the 2012 Annual Ministerial Review (AMR).Committee for Development Policy (CDP), UN.
-“Implementing the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments in Regard to Education. North Africa”. Report for the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), UN. (2011).
-“Women’s Work and Livelihood Prospects in the Context of the Current Economic Crisis.”Report for the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), UN. (2010).
21 -“Implementing Internationally Agreed Goals in Global Public Heath: the Equity Dimension.” Group Report for the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), UN. (2008).
-“Morocco. An Analytical Assessment of the 2004-2009 Period.” In Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa. Washington DC: The Freedom House, 2010.
“Intentions, Causes, and Consequences of Moroccan Migration, European Commission MEDA Program, European University Institute-Robert Schuman Centre (RSCAS), Florence. Available (2007).from: http://cadmus.iue.it/dspace/bitstream/1814/8166/1/CARIM_A&SN_2007_04. pdf [11 June 2009]
-“The Urgency of Considering Gender Issues in any Win-Win Approach to Moroccan Migration.”The Future of Demography, Labour Markets, and the Formation of Skills in Europe, and its Mediterranean Neighbourhood. European Policy Centre (Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs & Opportunities) and King Baudouin Foundation. Brussels July 4-5, 2005.
-“Migration-Related Institutions and Policies in Morocco.”In Mediterranean Migration. Florence: Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies, 2004.
“Women, Migration and the Media in Morocco.”Projet International Metropolis. Séminaire MétroMed. Milan, Italie, December 10, 2003. http://international.metropolis.net/events/Metromed/programme_f.htm -“Changing Gender Dynamics in Africa”. In Codesria Bulletin, 2003.
-“Berber Languages/Dialects: Analysis of Mutual Intelligibility.”In Notes and Records, no. 6. South Africa: The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 1998.
MEDIA ACTIVITIES (partial list)
-“Gender Equity and Islam.”Interviewed by Santorri Chamley. New African Magazine.June Issue, 2011.
-“Le Fol Espoir des Berbères.”Part of a group of interviewees. Le Point Magazine. June 2, 2011. http://www.lepoint.fr/villes/le-fol-espoir-des-berberes-02-06-2011- 1340239_27.php
-“La Méthode de Freedom House.” Jeune Afrique. March 23, 2010. Interview. http://afrique- st.jeuneafrique.com/index.php?q2=Fatima+Sadiqi+Jeune+Afrique&rech=1
22 -“Morocco: Women’s Rights.”. CNN documentary and interview. New York, June 30, 2009. http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2009/06/30/i.africa.wome ns.rights.bk.c.cnn
-”Feminine Echos.”(In Arabic).Radio Médi 1. January 9, 2009. http://www.medi1.com/player/player.php?i=1756193
-”Family Law Changes in Morocco.” Interview. Everywoman Program. Al Jazeera International. Doha (Qatar), March 7, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_uzQKfrDno
-”How I became a Leading Voice for Moroccan Women.”Interviewed by Saundra Satterlee for the Guardian Weekly. London, January 4, 2008.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/04/morocco-women
-”Women’s Words. A Moroccan Scholar-Activist Links Language and Power.”Interviewed by Aimee Dowl. Ms Magazine. Summer Issue, 2007.http://www.msmagazine.com/summer2007/language.asp
-Amazigh TV debate: discussion about Amazigh (Berber) Culture and Politics. March 2007.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv0baLOXQSU
-Radio debate: Islam and Feminism (with Amina Wadud from the US and Ziba Mir-Husseini from England). Amsterdam, May 19, 2005. http://radio.indymedia.org/en/node/5007
International Media Articles
-“Gender at the Heart of the New Moroccan Constitution.”Article written for the Common Ground News. This article has been translated into several languages. September 6, 2011. http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=30326&lan=en&sp=0
-“North African Women at the Forefront of Legal Reform.”Article written for the Common Ground News. This article has been translated into several languages. November 10, 2010. http://commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=26736&lan=en&sp=0
-”Morocco’s Veiled Feminists.”Articlewrittenfor the Project Syndicate. This article has been translated into several languages. May 25, 2006. http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sadiqi1/English
23 Moroccan Newspaper Artilces
About 160 articles (in Arabic and French) in various mainstream Moroccan newspapers on women, gender and Language issues.
Selected Youtubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbj5-pTQ7aw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbj5-pTQ7aw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uTZBlLGXhE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uTZBlLGXhE www.karenvintges.nl http://www.hespress.com/videos/272004.html
LANGUAGES
-English (fluent in speaking, reading and writing)
-French (fluent in speaking, reading and writing)
-Standard Arabic (fluent in speaking, reading and writing)
-Moroccan Arabic (fluent in speaking, reading and writing, mother tongue)
-Berber (fluent in speaking, reading and writing, mother tongue)
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